Japanese fast food takes its root from the street food and dishes from homes. These food represent Japanese ingenuity and innovation. They are served fast as well as nourishing and belly satisfying, popular among the working class that are always on the go. [Continue Reading…]

The perfect sushi rice may sound as easy as regular rice with vinegar but it is not. Especially to the untrained foreign ear, the Japanese methodology may sound a bit complicated. But really, there are only a few simple steps to making one.[Continue Reading…]

Wagashi are a uniquely Japanese style confectionary often served with teas, though they are particularly associated with green tea and the tea ceremony. The types of wagashi are many, and the artistry that goes into making and presenting these Japanese sweets is often celebrated for its seasonal motifs.[Continue Reading…]

Often described as rice balls, onigiri are portable portions of flavored or filled sticky rice, often wrapped in nori (dried seaweed sheets), consumed in their millions by schoolchildren and workers every day all over Japan. For packed lunches, picnics, snacks and day trips, onigiri have been popular for centuries. [Continue Reading…]

To foreigners visiting Japan, daifuku or “good luck” refers to the small round glutinous sweet red-bean paste stuffed rice cakes (mochi). If stuffed with strawberry, or other Japanese fruits for filling, they call it Tai Fook. Foreigners must come to Japan to really enjoy original Tai Fook and Daifuku preparations. [Continue Reading…]

Eating sushi in Japan, foreigners will come to realize that sushi is not just food but Art as well. Also, only a few types of sushi are raw. Most Sushi’s have typically been blanched, soaked, frozen and processed in a variety of way. Here are 10 types of sushi which a foreigner must try in Japan:[Continue Reading…]